Patent SG-11201408614S-A (SG)
Title: Flexible assembly machine, system and method
Inventor: GIESKES KOENRAAD ALEXANDER
IPC: G05B19/418
Filed: 2013-06-27
Abstract: (12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 3 January 2014 (03.01.2014) WIPOIPCT (10) International Publication Number WO 2014/004838 A2 (51) International Patent Classification: B23Q 7/14 (2006.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2013/048196 (22) International Filing Date: 27 June 2013 (27.06.2013) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 61/665,488 28 June 2012 (28.06.2012) US (71) Applicant: UNIVERSAL INSTRUMENTS CORPORA­ TION [US/US]; 33 Broome Corporate Parkway, Conklin, N. Y. 13748 (US). (72) Inventors; and (71) Applicants : GIESKES, Koenraad Alexander [NL/US]; 48 Hanson Road, Deposit, N.Y. 13754 (US). DANEK, John Edward [US/US]; 70 Stateline Road, Vestal, N.Y. 13850 (US). FAHRENKRUG, Craig Carl Frank [US/US]; 135 Briarview Road, Vestal, N.Y. 13850 (US). COOTS, Charles Andrew [US/US]; 1235 Cherese Lane, Binghamton, N.Y. 13905 (US). (74) Agents: OLSEN, Arlen L. et al.; Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts, LLP, 22 Century Hill Drive, Suite 302, Latham, N. Y. 12110 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available)'. AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KN, KP, KR, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available)'. ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — without international search report and to be republished upon receipt of that report (Rule 48.2(g)) (54) Title: FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY MACHINE, SYSTEM AND METHOD 12a 18a CJ oo m oo o o 16a (57) Abstract: An assembly machine in­ cludes a plurality of track modules, each track module including a section of track, the plurality of track modules connectable to form a continuous circuitous track, the con­ tinuous circuitous track configured to re­ ceive dispensing a head, the dispensing head configured to rotate about the continuous circuitous track and at least partially as­ semble an unfinished product. The machine includes first feeder module attached a to a first length of the continuous circuitous track configured to feed a component to the dis­ pensing head, and a first placement module attached to a second length of the continuous circuitous track configured receive to the un­ finished product. The dispensing head is configured to place the component on the unfinished product. The assembly machine is reconfigurable by attaching or removing one or more of the plurality of track modules, the first feeder module and the first placement module. O CJ o &